Music – Grade 3

District 2853

Month

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

September	· Review K, 1, 2 concepts · Steady beat · Melodic rhythm · Strong beat · School Song · Patriotic songs	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #3, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs which are used to teach the standards · Learn staff pitch names of notes · Identify difference between steady beat, melodic rhythm, strong beat · Learn Patriotic songs and School Song	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Checklists
October	· Meter signatures · Tempo: steady-change · Music tells a story · Tone color	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs which are used to teach the standards · Identify and hear different meter signatures · Changing voices-tone color poems i.e. Sorcerer's Apprentice	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Checklists
November and December	· Program preparation and performance · Stringed folk instruments · Seasonal songs	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #2, #3, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs which are used to teach the standards · Use all elements of musical performance · Demonstrate appropriate concert etiquette · Able to recognize stringed instruments	· Watch video of concert · Discuss performance individually and entire group · Written personal evaluation
January	· Introduction of interlude, coda · Rhythms of words · Ritard	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs which are used to teach the standards · Recognize and identify: introduction, interlude, coda · Use ritard at ends of songs	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Checklists
February	· Spirituals · Call and response · Bowed orchestra instruments	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #2, #3, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs which are used to teach the standards · Learn spirituals · Sing call and response songs in small groups · Improvise question and answer phrases on rhythm instruments and Orff instruments	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Checklists
March	· Whole note/rests · Half note/rests · Dotted half notes/rests · Eighth notes	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #2, #3, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs which are used to teach the standards · Identify and use: whole notes/rests, half notes/ rests, dotted half notes/rests, eighth notes	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Checklists
April and May	· Identify general musical qualities · Composers · Dramatization of various animals through music	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #2 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs which are used to teach the standards · Listening to: i.e. Carnival of Animals · Demonstrating movement of animals through music	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Checklists · Written test of sections of "Carnival of Animals"

ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

A student shall demonstrate the "ability" to:

#1 Sing a varied repertoire of songs in a group;

#2 Improvise and compose on classroom instruments to communicate an idea;

#3 Play simply rhythms and melodies on classroom instruments; and

#4 Read and write music using a system of notation.

A student shall demonstrate an "understanding" of:

#1 The elements of music, including melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color, texture, and form; and

#2 Characteristics of music from a variety of cultures and historical times.